RACING DRIVER

James Hunt

1947 - 1993

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James Simon Wallis Hunt (29 August 1947 – 15 June 1993) was a British racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren, and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons. Born and raised in Surrey, Hunt began his racing career in touring cars before progressing to Formula Three in 1969, where he attracted the attention of Lord Hesketh, founder of Hesketh Racing. Hunt earned notoriety throughout his early career for his reckless and action-packed exploits on track, amongst his playboy lifestyle off it. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Hunt is the 7th most popular racing driver (down from 6th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 227th in 2019) and the most popular British Racing Driver.

James Hunt is most famous for being a British racing driver who won the Formula One World Championship in 1976.

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Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, James Hunt ranks 7 out of 1,080. Before him are Ayrton Senna, Niki Lauda, Enzo Ferrari, Michael Schumacher, Alain Prost, and Juan Manuel Fangio. After him are Nelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi, Alberto Ascari, Giuseppe Farina, Gilles Villeneuve, and Keke Rosberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, James Hunt ranks 17. Before him are Elton John, Dilma Rousseff, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Brian May, Mary Simon, and O. J. Simpson. After him are Mario Draghi, Shirin Ebadi, Anwar Ibrahim, Paul Auster, Mohammad Najibullah, and Carlos Santana. Among people deceased in 1993, James Hunt ranks 6. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Audrey Hepburn, Federico Fellini, Ferruccio Lamborghini, and Rudolf Nureyev. After him are Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, Turgut Özal, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Hunt ranks 255 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Harden (1865), Horace Walpole (1717), John A. Macdonald (1815), Archer Martin (1910), Roger Moore (1927), and Arthur C. Clarke (1917). After him are John Snow (1813), Cary Grant (1904), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Randal Cremer (1828), and George Boole (1815).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United Kingdom

Among racing drivers born in United Kingdom, James Hunt ranks 1. After him are Nigel Mansell (1953), Ken Miles (1918), Jackie Stewart (1939), Jim Clark (1936), Graham Hill (1929), Alfonso de Portago (1928), John Surtees (1934), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Damon Hill (1960), Stirling Moss (1929), and Lewis Hamilton (1985).

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